Cuff-holder



(No Model.)

J. F. ATWOOD.

GUFI' HOLDER.

Patented Ja.1 1.-5, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES F. ATWOOD, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 333,494, dated January 5, 1886. Application filed May 18, 1885. Serial No. 165,792. (No model.)

To remove the cam-lever, the cuff-holder is grasped byits edges and the camlever turned until its spindles h are longitudinal with the slot B', when it can be readily taken out, the spring of the metal aiding the operation.

By making the cam-lever H detachable, in case of breakage a broken one can be readily removed and a new one inserted; and, again, if desired, two or more cams may be furnished with each cufholder, said cams being adapted for differentthioknesses of material.

In operation, the safety-pin or other means for attachment, D, is secured to the shirt-sleeve or lining of the coat-sleeve, the cam-lever H is lifted by the thumb-nail, and the cuff slid in between the folds A and O. The lever H is then pushed down so as to hold the cuff tightly between said folds. Pulling slightly on the tab E holds the device while the cuff is being pushed into position. The tab is, however, not absolutely necessary, but a convenience merely.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat-ent, is

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES F. ATWooD, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cuff-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

numbered 289,057 were granted to me November 27, 1883.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters o f reference indicate like parts, Figure l is a view in perspective of a cuffholder embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on line x, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view of the blank from which the cuffholder is constructed. Fig. 5 is a view of the cam-lever removed.

The flat piece of metal shown in Fig. 4 is bent into three folds, substantially as in the Letters Patent aforesaid-viz., the serrated fold A, the fold B, and the fold O. A safetypin, D, is secured thereto by means of the raised or struclrup77 loop d, and the tab E is attached by means of the wire c to the bend between the folds B and O.

In this improvement I provide a detachable cam-lever, H, in place -of that shown in the Letters Patent above referred to. This is accomplished by providing said cam-lever with small spindles h, as shown, and by striking up in that part of the blank which afterward' becomes the fold B the bearing-places b, said bearingplaces being recesses on the inner side of said fold and protuberances on the outer side of the same. These bearing-places are so formed that when the cam-levery is closed, as

three folds or layers, A B O, means for attaching the same to a coat-sleeve or a shrtsleeve, and a cam-lever pivoted to the outer fold, B, in an opening, B, formed therein, the combination of the cam-lever H, provided with the opposite spindles h, and the fold or layer B, having the opening or slot B', and provided with the recesses or bearing-places b b next the opposite sides of said slot, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JAMES F.\ATWOOD. Witnesses:

HENRY W. WILLIAMS, J. M. HAETNETT.

shown in Figs. l and 2, it lies in the slot B flush with the outer surface of the fold B, without projecting therefrom.

In a cuff-holder consisting, essentially, of 

